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Park office set to move from Krumm Arboretum By Jamee A. Pierson Newton Daily News The relocation of the parks department office from Krumm Arboretum to the Public Works office was one of many topics discussed at the Newton Park Board meeting Wednesday. Additional items such as the Maytag caretaker’s house and Westwood Golf Course also garnered lively conversation. “The game plan is to move my office to the public works building later this year,” parks administrator Nathan

Unsworth said. “We have a contract with Project AWAKE that we are going to honor until August, but eventually it will move us Unsworth over there.” Un s w o r t h said it will cut down an additional location for the parks department and give the department added help by way of the other departments in the building. Parks is currently operating short staffed

following the recent retirement of longtime employees and the decision to hold off hiring new staff to help with budget constraints. It was stated the city will continue a partnership with Project AWAKE, which owns the arboretum. The exact nature of the agreement will be determined and put into writing at a later time. Also discussed with potential plans for the Maytag caretaker’s house. Last month, a work group gathered to discuss uses for both the house and the offices at Krumm should the parks office move.

With the decision to relocate the office to public works, the house is no longer a potential landing spot, leaving it open for new ideas. “The general consensus was to explore renovating the house to serve as a rental, kind of a cabin rental idea,” Unsworth said. Unsworth said the house will still need general renovation work no matter how the house is used. The discussions are still in the beginning phase and no firm decisions have been made. An additional work group met to discuss Westwood

Golf Course and made a list of what the golf course is doing and where it needs to improve. Potential ideas for the facility were also brainstormed for the board to discuss. The group found the course is well maintained, events and tournaments are run well, staff is helpful, prices are fair and lessons are well administered. “The golfers really express that it is well maintained,” board member Marc Jackson said. PARKS | 3A

City snow plow Radio veteran to be slides through honored by Iowa Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame stop sign, causes car crash By Justin Jagler Newton Daily News

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By Kayla Langmaid Newton Daily News

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Beatle. Kyle Martin has interviewed some incredible musical talents during his 30-year radio career. The current KFJB morning show host in Marshalltown and former Newton radio personality will be inducted into the Iowa Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame this year. “My hobby of loving rock n’ roll has kind of turned into a career,” Martin said. “I can’t play an instrument, but I sure love to play the music, and I love interviewing these guys.” Martin grew up in Denver, Colo., listening to his dad, who hosted a morning show for more than 30 years. After finishing high school in Denver, Martin came to Iowa to study journalism with an emphasis on radio at Drake University. While at Drake, he had the opportunity to work part-time at Des Moines oldies station KIOA. “When I graduated from college, they offered me a full-time radio job,” he said. “I worked with some really talented people. I was in the right place at the right time.” Eventually, Martin ended up in Newton, where he spent more than five years on the radio as KRTI’s morning show host. He said his time in Newton was great. His oldest daughter was born and raised in the town and graduated from Newton High School. The radio gig was nice, too. “I enjoyed it. The music was a lot of fun,” Martin said. “I did some of my better interviews there. It’s a 50,000 watt radio station. That’s pretty powerful. A lot of people listen to you

The Newton Police Department released a report Wednesday about a crash between a city truck snow plow and a vehicle on Feb. 8, which caused the vehicle to strike a utility pole and the side of a house. A vehicle was driving north at 9:40 a.m. on East 14th Street South and approaching the intersection of South Ninth Avenue East

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Submitted Photo Kyle Martin works in the KFJB radio studio, where he hosts the station’s morning news talk show. Martin, who previously worked in Newton, will be inducted into the Iowa Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame on Labor Day weekend.

when you’re on a 50,000 watt radio station.” For the last 13 years, Martin has done news talk in Marshalltown. He said the news talk format does not prevent him from stretching his love of rock n’ roll. He has interviewed numerous rock stars. On the morning he spoke with Newton Daily News, he had just finished interviewing a member of

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Kansas. “It’s unbelievable the stories these people tell you,” he said. “I interviewed Pete Best, who was in the Beatles before Ringo Starr. That was pretty cool.” It’s not all about rock stars for Martin, though. He loves to get out in the community and meet his listeners. He does a live broadcast at the Marshall-

town Hy-Vee every Friday called “Man on the Street.” “People come to talk to me, and it’s just so wonderful meeting people,” he said. “You kind of become part of their lives in a way because they count on you for the weather, and they count on you for the funny stories.” MARTIN | 3A

Jamee A. Pierson/Daily News Westwood Golf Course Golf Pro Brad Sponseller is hard at work getting the course ready for golfers this season. Thanks to above average temperatures and light winter precipitation, the course is set to open at 11 a.m. on Friday. All 18 holes are ready with no cart restrictions and no tee times needed. The February special is $25 for 18 holes with cart rental.

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when a city snow plow truck slid into the intersection from the east. The vehicle swerved to avoid hitting the snow plow and struck a utility pole and damaged the south side of a home at 808 E. 14th St. S. Mark W. Stevens, 63, of Newton, was cited with failure to obey a stop sign and yield right of way. No injuries were reported.

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